Which Fuzz Should I Try Next?

[Dowi]

So in conclusion we all want more cheap DBA Apocalypses not real apocalypses thank you very much?

don't need any DBA Apocalypse, but if it's a valid alternative to the real apocalypse i'd grab two thanks.

Soooo, the odds are that thanks to this thread i got sucked by a spiral of Apocalypse demos, followed by a totally disinterested research on the used marked, followed by a paypal, followed by a shipping confirmation.......hey, don't judge me, lockdown is hard for everyone.
my forecast when it gets here: "this thing sounds killer but it's huge and my board is already croweded" - Apocalypse apperaing in BST in a month or so.

[sylnau]

My favorite fuzz at the moment is Jero's (Stomping Stones) Virus.

[Jero]

My favorite fuzz at the moment is Jero's (Stomping Stones) Virus.

[Psyre]

My top 2 fuzzes are 4 knob Algal Bloom and Warmjet V

Nit sure they ever made sounds I thought were "impossible" but fuzzed out in the exact way I wanted them to.

[coldbrightsunlight]

The Algal Bloom is something special. And the Doom Bloom even more so!

Warmjet V is definitely a bit intriguing...

[Blackened Soul]

I worked my way through many muff variants, decided I hated them because the SSBS MINI is better, then decided I really did love muffs all along after EHX reissued the Soviet tall-font version.

I've had to come to terms with I like one muff that I've had since I was like 17... I keep trying others and clones but they all just are ok

Have you ever tried a last gasp labs tone ax?

[Dowi]

I worked my way through many muff variants, decided I hated them because the SSBS MINI is better, then decided I really did love muffs all along after EHX reissued the Soviet tall-font version.

I've had to come to terms with I like one muff that I've had since I was like 17... I keep trying others and clones but they all just are ok

i feel the same way about my Big Muff from the early 00s. Nothing fancy, super cheap, but paired with my other pedals it did that one sound that later i have never been able to accomplish with any variant i ever tried.

[Dowi]

So in conclusion we all want more cheap DBA Apocalypses not real apocalypses thank you very much?

don't need any DBA Apocalypse, but if it's a valid alternative to the real apocalypse i'd grab two thanks.

Soooo, the odds are that thanks to this thread i got sucked by a spiral of Apocalypse demos, followed by a totally disinterested research on the used marked, followed by a paypal, followed by a shipping confirmation.......hey, don't judge me, lockdown is hard for everyone.
my forecast when it gets here: "this thing sounds killer but it's huge and my board is already croweded" - Apocalypse apperaing in BST in a month or so.

Got here and played it a bit yesterday: it sounds HUGE.
The Twin-T setting is fun and chuggy, and the Octave up is nicely focused, killer, War Fuzz is similar to the Fuzz War (you don't say? ).
i wan't impressed by the other two settings so far - BUT i have played it only in the Boss Katana, which is not the ideal platform for Fuzzes. Curious to hear it through the Hiwatt when i have the chance to go back to the rehearsal room.
Also: volume issue. More that you'll ever need. It's actually annoying, you use basically the first quarter of the volume knob, then everything becomes deafening territory.

That being said, i like it and it's super useful to have all those options in a single fuzz.

[coldbrightsunlight]

Personally I thought mode 3 was a better version of the fuzz war setting. Great stuff. Would buy that pedal, please make. And I hate mode 1 and 5

[Dowi]

Personally I thought mode 3 was a better version of the fuzz war setting. Great stuff. Would buy that pedal, please make. And I hate mode 1 and 5

My thoughts after 45mins playing are:
Mode 1 with low gain and focus on low/mid freqencies was like the fuzz version of the HM, nice for palm muting heavy riffs.
Mode 3 sounded like the mode 2 but with more mids and overall less clarity,
Mode 4 Octave sounded good for both riffs and solos, and was less splashy tha i expected.
Mode 5 seemed totally unrelevant to me, like, meh.

but i should definitely dig in it more with the other amp before judging, a digital amp is definitely not the appropriate thing to use a pedal like this one.

Also, the tone knob is really good like you said in the previous page. A lot better than the usual tone controls you find on fuzzes, i felt it reacted in different ways depending on the setting.

[coldbrightsunlight]

Yeah! The tone control is the best bit of the pedal. Super cool - no idea why, like what is the design of it that's different? I never found a good use for mode 5. And mode 4 is less good than using a green ringer with mode 3. Can you tell I like mode 3?

I suppose my problem with mode 1 is it's just... entirely inferior to the elements if I want to do some chugging. It's not an awful sound in itself.

My main issue with the pedal was volume though! The volume knob is crazy and the jumps between the different modes are huge. I get that some of them are really high gain and it's tricky to exactly balance the volumes, but it feels like they could have made a bit more effort.

[MechaGodzilla]

apocalypse mode 1 was really nice on bass iirc

[Dowi]

Yeah! The tone control is the best bit of the pedal. Super cool - no idea why, like what is the design of it that's different? I never found a good use for mode 5. And mode 4 is less good than using a green ringer with mode 3. Can you tell I like mode 3?

I suppose my problem with mode 1 is it's just... entirely inferior to the elements if I want to do some chugging. It's not an awful sound in itself.

My main issue with the pedal was volume though! The volume knob is crazy and the jumps between the different modes are huge. I get that some of them are really high gain and it's tricky to exactly balance the volumes, but it feels like they could have made a bit more effort.

Yeah the Elements is killer, and for chugging distortion is always better than Fuzz, but it is nice to have an option like that on the Apocalypse, just in case you know..
Re-green ringer: don9have one on board rn and the new project it's already overpopulated, but I would love to try one at some point. Never had a pure green ringer, just other octave fuzzes.
100% agreed on the volume knob, It's like when they made the Fuzz War without one or the Echo dream 1...we all like loud volumes, but seriously, why?